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The independent public govCMS Drupal distribution is now available from the Drupal Open Source Community via Drupal.org for anyone to download and use. The govCMS distribution is one component of a broader cloud hosted Software as Service solution for unclassified public facing government websites.

For Australian government agencies the govCMS distribution is a unique offering when paired with the govCMS platform services. It provides ‘out of the box’ compliance in a number of key areas including Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG) AA compliance, adherence to the Information Security Manual (ISM), hosting in the public cloud and utilising open source software. govCMS includes ongoing assessments including Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) and Private Internet Access (PIA). Entities also benefit from standardisation and greater financial benefit through economy of scale as more entities sign up to govCMS platform services.

It’s important to note that while any organisation or even individuals can access and use the govCMS distribution outside of the govCMS service – for example via self hosting - they won’t receive all the benefits of the govCMS service including the accredited environment. govCMS is committed towards contributing to building the Drupal Open Source Community.

Upgrades to the distribution will be made available to govCMS customers and via Drupal.org and GitHub. New functionality or features added to the distribution will go through a quality assurance and technical certification process to maintain the integrity of govCMS.

“Federal, state and local agencies can download the govCMS distributions and take advantage of the collective innovation put forward by all the contributors starting today,” said Chris Harrop, Director for Asia Pacific and Japan, Acquia. "The work of govCMS continues to help agencies save costs, deliver better sites and services with citizens.”

Interest in govCMS continues to increase. Visit the below govCMS websites to see how other entities have taken full advantage of the govCMS service:

SAP hybris introduced hybris-as-a-service (YaaS) as a commerce platform based on microservices at its Global Customer Days and Partner Summit in February. It was the talk of the conference, according to reports. (We'll spare you the tweets claiming "The answer is Yaas.")

Acquia and hybris, which SAP acquired in 2013 to strengthen its position in the e-commerce space, contend companies are moving away from legacy “software as a product” that include “inflexible delivery models.”

The partnership will produce an alternative, officials promised: “cloud-based microservices” that help organizations produce digital experiences as easily as downloading apps to a smartphone.

As one of the fastest growing occupations, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, computer programmers are about to get a professional development tool at no cost. Open Source Training LLC (OSTraining) is set to launch a 14-part online beginner course for Drupal 8 via YouTube in July.

OSTraining launched a campaign earlier this year to fund freely available Drupal 8 training modules. Acquia sponsored the development of the beginner’s training.

The beginner track is slated for 50 videos to cover an introduction to Drupal, installation of Drupal 8 on Acquia Cloud Free, taxonomy, modules, themes, managing people and reports, and site management. Acquia Cloud Free is a free Drupal development platform offering one-click installation of Drupal 8.

“Acquia is making it easy for developers to discover all the advantages that Drupal 8 offers,” said Renée Bochman, Acquia vice president of customer experience. “Acquia provides a cloud platform and full suite of workflow tools for Drupal 8. OSTraining’s on-demand course is designed to help developers get started fast and succeed.”

OSTraining CEO Steve Burge of Sarasota, Fla. says, “many new Drupal 8 users will need training, which can be expensive and difficult to find. The goal is to give everyone free access to the very best Drupal 8 training.”

Acquia announced today that it’s teaming with CloudFlare to offer its customers CloudFlare Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection, as well as Content Delivery Network (CDN) services. Acquia will sell and service these products.

Acquia wanted a product it could package and service, so the partner needed to be flexible in this regard. It considered building something itself, but quickly rejected that idea, Chris Stone, senior VP of products and development at Acquia explained.

“We went looking for the best solution first, and then an opportunity to work with someone that could be Acquia led and that was key to working with CloudFlare,” he said. It didn’t hurt that some customers were asking for CloudFlare by name.

As for CloudFlare, it gets its products in large enterprises where Acquia typically operates, but it is letting Acquia package CloudFlare services under the Acquia brand.

From inside the House of Blues, the winners are in! Some of the biggest names in the Boston startup community were nominated; some left with a NEVY and others left with added motivation for next year, but everyone left with new friends and renewed appreciation for the huge year that was for Boston’s innovation ecosystem. There was laughter and there were tears, but at the end of the show the awards fell into deserving hands.

This list deserves recognition, but so do all of the Nominees. The past year was enormous for Boston startups and the investment community as a whole. The NEVYs set out to celebrate Boston’s wins, and judging from the turnout and the energy, it was a success. Those who couldn’t join us missed a party that, as of this writing, is still going strong. But don’t worry, we’ll be right back at it next year.

Dries Buytaert Receives 2015 Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year Award in High Tech

Boston—May 12, 2015—Members of Boston’s international business community, including Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, gathered to celebrate the nominees and winners of the 2015 Immigrant Learning Center (ILC) Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Dries Buytaert, co-founder and CTO and the inventor of Drupal, was honored in the award’s high technology category. The 2015 selection committee cited Acquia’s company growth and global reach as well as Dries’ contribution to the concept of open source as key reasons why he was selected as winner. The ILC also recognized winners in business growth, neighborhood business and life science.

“The best part of my job is actually this idea that we can do well and do good. Hundreds of thousands of nonprofits from Greenpeace to Doctors Without Borders to The [Immigrant Learning] Center and many others use Drupal to power their sites,” Buytaert said.

A non-for-profit organization, the ILC is based in Malden, MA and provides immigrants in the Boston area find their voice. The center offers a free, year-round English Language Program to immigrant and refugees, while the ILC’s Public Education Institute works to inform Americans about the impact of immigrants. The Institute for Immigration Research, a joint venture with George Mason University, conducts research on the economic contributions of immigrants.

About AcquiaAcquia is the digital experience company. Intuit, Warner Music Group and Stanford University are among the more than 4,000 organizations that are transforming their digital businesses with Acquia’s open cloud platform. Global 2000 enterprises, government agencies and NGOs rely on Acquia to create new revenue streams, lower costs, and engage audiences more deeply through content, community, commerce and context.

Ninth Annual Future of Open Source Survey Reveals Trends in Open Source Adoption

Burlington, MA – April 16, 2015 – Corporate open source use and participation has reached an all-time high, according to the ninth annual Future of Open Source Survey. Acquia joined North Bridge Venture Partners, Black Duck Software, and 40 other collaborators in the annual survey, which investigates open source software (OSS) trends on a yearly basis.

As open source continues to speed innovation, disrupt industries, and improve productivity, a reported lack of formal company policies and processes around its consumption points to a need for OSS management and security practices to catch up with this growth in investment and use. Security is a primary concern, as many companies lack understanding of known security vulnerabilities in open source components, and very few actually monitor for such threats.

Notable findings from the survey include:

Seventy-eight percent of respondents said their companies run part or all of its operations on OSS and 66 percent said their company creates software for customers built on open source. This statistic has nearly doubled since 2010, when 42 percent of respondents in the Future of Open Source survey five years ago said that they used open source in the running of their business or their IT environments.

Sixty-four percent of companies currently participate in open source projects, and over the next 2-3 years, 88 percent are expected to increase contributions to open source projects.

Open source has become the default approach for software with more than 66 percent of respondents saying they consider OSS before other options.

Cloud computing (39%), big data (35%), operating systems (33%), and the Internet of Things (31%) are expected to be impacted most by open source in the next 2-3 years.

Fifty-five percent believe open source delivers superior security when lined up against proprietary solutions. The superior security of open source is also expected to rise to 61 percent over the next 2-3 years.

The Drupal distribution that is used in govCMS is an important technical keystone for the many other elements of the full govCMS service. The original foundation for the govCMS distribution is aGov; the Drupal distribution created by PreviousNext to provide a core set of elements, functionality and features that can be used to develop government websites. While govCMS utilised the aGov code base as its foundation, it is clear their future paths will vary to meet the requirements of different customers. For this reason now is the ideal time to fork aGov and create a distinct distribution for the govCMS service.

The new govCMS distribution will evolve quickly to incorporate enhancements and improved functionality based on the changing needs of government and advancing technologies. The true innovation behind govCMS will be the ability to remain responsive to changing needs while providing a standard response to regulatory requirements, connecting government with users in a consistent way and delivering solutions that can scale to meet the demands of large government installations.

“The Drupal distribution for govCMS reflects the Government’s commitment to further invest in open source innovation, the results of which will be widely available to benefit federal, state and local agencies,” said Chris Harrop, Director for Asia Pacific and Japan, Acquia. We look forward to continuing our work with the govCMS team and helping the Government save costs as agencies reimagine how they deliver information and services.”

Upgrades to the distribution will be automatically rolled out as part of the govCMS service, allowing agencies and users to simultaneously reap the benefits of standardisation and innovation. As active members of the Drupal Open Source Community, the govCMS distribution and the aGovdistribution will continue to leverage from each other, as well as other contributors to the Community.

The govCMS distribution will be publicly available from the Drupal Open Source Community via drupal.org. Work is underway to provide an independent instance of the distribution, separate from the govCMS service. This will allow organisations to access and use the govCMSdistribution outside of the govCMS service.